Volunteer Orientation
Preparing New Volunteers
You may know by now how essential volunteers are to the structure of an RCC. So how do you ensure that they're able to be successful? This page walks you through some of the key strategies for volunteer orientation.
On this page, you’ll find one of our self-paced trainings. This training (~90 minutes) focuses on the orientation phase of the volunteer onboarding process. During the interactive training, you will also have an opportunity to review several of the resources included on this page. You can either explore the training by clicking the hyperlinked title or the preview image to open the training in a separate webpage.
You'll also find resources that discuss the key elements of volunteer orientation. You can find the resources on this topic and a description of each item in the list below. You can click on the title of the resource to jump down to it on the page, or simply scroll down to see previews of each resource.
Available Resources
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Interactive Training
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Materials
- Volunteer Orientation Outline (2 pages)
- Volunteer Orientation Packet (10 pages)
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Videos
- CCAR's Volunteer Orientation Training (~1.5 hours)
This interactive training focuses on the orientation phase of the onboarding process. The training module is self-paced (meaning you can complete it anytime and at your own pace), and it typically takes ~90 minutes for participants to complete. To get started with the training, you can click on the title or on the preview image to open it in a separate window.
What should orientation look like? This guide showcases the structure of volunteer orientation, as well as some tips to help it go smoothly.
This sample form can be given to volunteers as part of their orientation. This certifies that they have attended and participated in volunteer orientation and are ready to assist the RCC.
Videos
Review this video for an example of what a volunteer orientation session can look like.